Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-15
"THE OLD WOMAN DOsED ME-,

sTHE OLD WOMAN DOSED ME-"
 Willie Roblnson's Words That Came
 Back From His Death Bed 10 Con
 vIct the murderers.
 BOSTON, Dec. 14.-The trial of Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson for the murder of her son was continued this morning. Dr. Emory L. White, Willie's physician, resumed his testi- mony, telling of his visit to Willie with Dr. DurrelL on the evening of the 10th. Witness said to Willie: ''You a very sick man and must die. You have cen poisoned" :" Willie said, 'tI know it.' Medical Exam iner Durel and Charles H. Jose corroberated Dr. Whites testimony. Dr. White was re- called and said that at the last interview Willie said, in response to the question as to who gave him food, fNo one but my mother and Mir. Smith," Dr. White further ex- pressed the opinion that he had received a dose of arsenic before the witness saw him on Thursday; he must have received another dose between Friday morning, when he found him better, and the Saturday night when he was worse; repeated doses must have been given him.
 Edward Ferguson, druggist testified to the putting up the prescriptions of Dr. White in this case. Other evidence as to the pre- scriptions was offered to prove their authen- ticity and preparation. No arsenic, he said was put into Dr. Whites prescriptions. Other evidence as to the prescriptions was offered ! to prove their authenticity and preparation. Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, sister-in law of the defendant, testified to being at the Robinson ' house the Tuesday before Willie died; Officer ! Cavauagh came that night to watch with Willie, and when Mrs! Robinson found that ! he was an officer, she seemed much excited, k when she got chance she whispered some ! thing in Willie's ear, and afterward told wit ! ness that she told Willie the officers thought \ perhaps that she was trying to poison him. | Sergeant Canavagh of the Somerville police ' force said that he went to the Robinson \ house Tuesday evening to watch with Willie. ' After Mrs. Robinson found out that witness t was an officer he heard her in moving about | the house throw something out of an upper \ window; witness located the place where the | object fell and foun1 the next day that it was
 a phial. It was empty.
 Dr. Durell was called and testifyiug fur ! ther to the conversation by Willie's bedside ' said that in response to witness statement | that he could not live Willie said, ''I know \ it; the old woman dosed me-"
 At the afternoon session Dr. Durell, ot Somervillr, read the results of the autopsy which was made nine hours after Willie's | death. They were to the effect that there had been no external violence and everything . ROA ! soning. Dr. Holt of Cambridge, surgeon ! general of the State and medical examiner \ testified that he was one of the official wit nesses at the autopsy and could have formed but one opinion of the cause of death iron \ the examination, and that was arsenical poi \ soning. Prof Wood. of the Harvard medi I cal school, testified to receiving portions o the organs for analysis, His labors resulted
 in showing the presence of white arsenic \ The medicine prescribed by the attendin! \ physician was also analysed, but no trace o | arsenic was found. Prof. Wood said he hac
 no doubt that death was caused by arsenic
 He should say that there were perhaps five o
 six grains of arsenic in Willie Robinson
 body. Dr. Harrington of Harvard medics
 school, who analysed portion of the inter
 nal organs, testified to finding total C \ 3S- 100 grains of arsenic.
 I Florence w. Lewis, bookkeeper in tn
 employ of J. N. Roberts & Co.,, testife that Mrs. Robinson attempted early in 18S to negotiate loan of $500 on her furniture ! she was finally allowed $14O The distric
 attorney here announced that the case fc
 the government was finished and the coul
 adjourned until tomorrow, when the opel
 ing argument for the defense will be mad
 MT. Powderly Getting Along Nicely , WILKsEBARRE, Pa, Dec. 14.-Gener' Master Workman Powderly was resting con
 fortably at his home in Hyde Park at \ o'eIock this evening, His physician, D